Stromness Regatta 2019

The 2019 Stromness Regatta, with all race prizes generously sponsored by Highland Park, took place on Saturday, 13 July. Early in the day there was some doubt about whether the event was going to be able to be held because of thick mist engulfing Stromness Harbour and the racing area but in the belief that the mist was going to lift we went ahead immediately after the Hamnavoeferry left Stromness at 11:00 am and that proved to be the right call.

Twenty-four boats took part and two races were held back to back. The first had separate starts for Yachts, Yoles, Snipes, Mixed Centreboards and Catamarans, with the two-sailed and three-sailed Yoles starting together but having separate competitions. The second race had separate starts for Yachts, Allcomer Yoles, Allcomer Mixed Centreboards and Catamarans. The full results are given below the image.

RACE 1
Yachts
1st 2nd	Panache Harmony	Jimmy Clouston Harky Hutchison	Alan Clouston, Colin Perie, Matthew Vaughton W Finnie	59m 01.90s 64m 36.89s	56.44m 59.55m
2-Sail Yoles (Corrigal Cup)
1st 2nd	Solwen Helga	Leighton Venables Caroline Butterfield	Ian Richardson, Emi Loutts John Butterfield, William Black	47m 26s 51m 59s	49m 53.25s 54m 26.25s
3-Sail Yoles
1st 2nd 3rd	Water Witch Gremsa Lily	Rod Daniels Maurice Davidson Stephen Flett	Mark Shiner, Charles Warlow Jan Andersen, Thorfinn Johnston, Natalia Sheena Taylor, Colin Wilson	56m 40s 59m 52s 62m 32s	57m 03.25s 60m 07.50s 62m 55.25s
Snipes (John Hourston Trophy)
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th	Bonxie Mandarino Smurf No Fear Double Dutch Sula Scooby Skeldro Fiddlesticks Silver Fern Nemo	James Burgon Malcolm Tipler Mairi Fleet Glen Foubister Kenny Holland Scott Tulloch Donnie Hall Mark Taylor Lynn Bartlett Tony Miller Anna Southall	Magda Bishop Paula Hemsley Alan Donaldson Joe Drever Ewan Sinclair Amy Tulloch Beta Rodrigues Anna Taylor Graeme Bartlett Paul Miller Tiphaine Cazanave	All same so not timed
Mixed-Centreboards
1st 2nd	505 Dick Dastardly RS Feva	John Orr Lewis Burgon	Sid Milton Mirek Borek	46m 30s 71m 06s	51.50m 57.34m
Catamarans
1st 2nd 3rd RTD	Willy Flippit Spindrift Katoosh Plum Crazy	Callum Rendall Lee Thomson Erland Tait Richard Flett	Scott Johnson Glen McLennan Kazia Watson Stephen Bruce	37m 00s 36m 02s 38m 37s -	50.07m 50.54m 52.26m -
RACE 2
Yachts
1st 2nd	Panache Harmony	Jimmy Clouston Harky Hutchison	Alan Clouston, Colin Perie, Matthew Vaughton W Finnie	61m 03s 70m 13s	58.37m 64.72m
Allcomer Yoles
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th	Solwen (2) Helga (2) Lily (3) Gremsa (3) Water Witch (3)	Leighton Venables Caroline Butterfield Stephen Flett Maurice Davidson Rod Daniels	Ian Richardson, Emi Loutts John Butterfield, William Black Sheena Taylor, Colin Wilson Jan Andersen, Thorfinn Johnston, Natalia Mark Shiner, Charles Warlow	51m 24s 55m 59s 65m 02s 72m 30s 76m 49s	53m 51.25s 58m 26.25s 65m 25.25s 72m 45.50s 77m 12.25s
Yoles Blue Riband (Combined Race Results) Solwen (Leighton Venables, Ian Richardson, Emi Loutts)
Allcomer Mixed Centreboards (Jackie Robertson Cup)
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th RTD DNS	Mandarino (Snipe) Smurf (Snipe) No Fear (Snipe) Double Dutch (Snipe) Fiddlesticks (Snipe) Nemo (Snipe) Dick Dastardly (505) Sula (Snipe) Scooby (Snipe) RS Feva Silver Fern (Snipe) Skeldro (Snipe) Bonxie (Snipe)	Malcolm Tipler Mairi Fleet Glen Foubister Kenny Holland Lynn Bartlett Anna Southall John Orr Scott Tulloch Donnie Hall Lewis Burgon Tony Miller Mark Taylor James Burgon	Paula Hemsley Alan Donaldson Joe Drever Ewan Sinclair Graeme Bartlett Tiphaine Cazenave Sid Milton Amy Tulloch Beta Rodrigues Mirek Borek Paul Miller Anna Taylor Magda Bishop	57m 41s 59m 54s 59m 57s 60m 38s 61m 22s 61m 23s 50m 27s 61m 59s 62m 23s 74m 40s 70m 57s - -	52.49m 54.50m 54.55m 55.17m 55.84m 55.85m 55.87m 56.40m 56.76m 60.22m 64.56m - -
Davo Harcus Quaich (leading Snipe in the Allcomers) Mandarino (Malcolm Tipler, Paula Hemsley)
Catamarans
1st 2nd 3rd DNS	Katoosh Willy Flippit Spindrift Plum Crazy	Erland Tait Callum Rendall Lee Thomson Richard Flett	Kazia Watson Scott Johnson Glen McLennan Stephen Bruce	43m 48s 44m 10s 47m 22s -	59.26m 59.77 66.43 -

Throughout the day, the Race Control Team comprising Iso Tipler (OOD), Willie Watters, Margaret Hinckley and Barry Jones ran the racing. The support boats were Hunter 2 (Stromness SC), Robin(Orkney SC), Lena(Holm SC) and Jackie Ann(Geordie Thorpe).

After racing everyone headed for Stromness Golf Club for soup and sandwiches. When everyone had eaten their fill, Commodore Mark Taylor, expressed thanks on behalf of the Club to to Stromness Golf Club, to Jean who made the soup and ran the bar, to the sailing club members who provided food, to Ingrid Taylor and Moira Holland for their hard work in organising and setting out the food, to the Race Control Team, to the support boat clubs and crews. Then it was time for the Prizegiving with Graham....... of Highland Park, presenting the trophies and prizes. Congratulations to all the prize-winners and a huge ‘Thank You’ to Highland Park for their generosity.

Finally the raffle was drawn with great prizes very kindly donated by Highland Park, EMEC, the Rope Centre, Wisharts, Sinclair Office Supplies and several club members. Thank you to all those who donated these prizes.

We hope to see everyone again at Stromness Regatta in 2020.